MINISTER for labour and employment Dr Chris Ngige has withdrawn from the 2023 All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential race saying that after consulting with friend and family he had opted to bow out of the contest.
About a month ago, Dr Ngige announced his candidacy, indicating that he would seek the APC's presidential...
OVER 800 Nigerian doctors were licensed to practise in the UK during the last six months of 2021 according to information just released by the General Medical Council of Britain (GMCB) revealing applications submitted between July and December 25.
According to GMCB data just released, 805 Nigeria-trained doctors were...
NIGERIA'S labour minister Dr Chris Ngige has proposed that medical doctors be asked to sign a nine year bond committing them to remaining in the country for nearly a decade after they complete their training as a means of addressing the current brain drain crisis.
Over 200 Nigerian doctors registered with the British General...
PAN-cultural Igbo organisation Ohaneze Ndigbo has called on all citizens of Imo State citizens to ignore the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit this Thursday.
On Thursday September 9, President Buhari is due to visit Imo State and to protest the...
HEALTH minister Dr Chris Ngige has dismissed the ongoing crisis in Nigeria's health sector involving the mass departure of doctors saying the United Nations (UN) target of one physician to 600 patients is unattainable for the country.
In what is considered a huge brain drain crisis, doctors trained in Nigeria rush abroad,...
SAUDI Arabia has stepped up an aggressive recruitment of Nigerian doctors using a government-licensed recruiting agency based in Abuja known as Meed Consultants to woo as many medical practitioners as possible.
Under the plan, Meed Consultants, is recruiting doctors in different specialities under a programme tagged Saudi...
NIGERIA'S labour minister Dr Chris Ngige has warned the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (Ipob) to stop mentioning his name in connection with the recent arrest of its leader Nnamdi Kanu saying he has nothing to do with security matters.
Last week, Ipob spokesman Emma Powerful named Dr Ngige as one of those Igbos who helped...
LABOUR minister Dr Chris Ngige has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted to engage in dialogue with Igbo leaders to help address the ongoing agitations taking place across the southeast geo-political zone.
Over recent weeks, the southeast has been a hotbed of violence with armed gangs attacking public...
NIGERIA'S National Association of Resident Doctors (Nard) has suspended its nationwide strike initiated on April 1 to protest the non-payment of their salary arrears and the promised coronavirus hazard allowance.
Faced with a hectic workload as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, medical house officers across Nigeria have...
HEALTH minister Dr Chris Ngige has threatened Nigerian doctors who are currently embarking on industrial action to protest the fact that they are owed salary arrears and Covid-19 hazard payments with no pay unless they return to work immediately.
On Thursday April 1, Nigeria's National Association of Resident Doctors (Nard)...
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